Search The Directory The Web for Home > News > Online Archives > Wired > 1998 > Business New! Submit a site   whatUseek Directory Site Listings:   Search-Engine Stocks Rev Up - Together Yahoo, Excite, Infoseek, and Lycos watched their collective market capitalization gain more than US$800 million, or 15 percent, in one week. And financial analysts seem to think the run is based on more than hype. [Wired News]   Selling the AOL 'Secret Sauce' - AOL and Excite announced they are building more localized NetFind search engines for the international market. The news sheds some light on AOL's strategy to dominate the world. By Joe Nickell. [Wired News]   Seven-Day Stock Rally Snapped - US stocks fall for the first time in eight days after several companies report poor earnings because of the economic turmoil. Techs, however, eke out gains. The Wired Index rises 0.31 to 388.06. By Kourosh Karimkhany. [Wired News]   Shootout on the Phone Frontier - Delta Three, which claims the world's largest Internet telephony network, and ITXC Corp., a broker of services for IP phone firms, have a plan to unify the Net telephony industry. Looming in their path: The AT&Ts of the world. [Wired News]   Sidewalk Staffers Get Word: Hit the Pavement - Some 30 to 40 full-timers were laid off this morning at the Microsoft city guide's 10 offices across the country. [Wired News]   Silicon Alley Visits Valley and VCs - To New York's new-media companies looking to raise funds, the grass looks greener on the West Coast. But a group pilgrimage to the Golden State got off to a rather lonely start. [Wired News]   Slow Access at the Inn - Travelers looking for data services in their hotel rooms might sometimes be just as well off bedding down in a barn. But both innkeepers and service providers are working on access solutions. [Wired News]   Smarting Over Smartcards - Visa and MasterCard finish a 14-month experiment to see how people like using smartcards instead of cash. Conclusion: They don't. By Brian Alcorn. [Wired News]   Snap's Checkered Quest for Ubiquity - Four months after its launch, CNET is still busy announcing new partners for its online service, but it's not clear how the fee-free deals bring in any bucks. [Wired News]   So Far, So Good - Three days of a two-week test have gone by, and Wall Street still hasn't encountered any serious Year 2000-related glitches in its computers. By Yukari Iwatani. [Wired News]   Software.net: Another Amazon? - A high-flying first day for the online software reseller is chalked up to a hot market and some similarities with the successful bookseller. But questions loom about the company's long-term potential. By Kaitlin Quistgaard. [Wired News]   Sold on eBay - The online auction house attracts millions of bargain hunters and is reaping a profit in the process. Most impressive for an Internet company, but can it compete with hundreds of rivals? By Jennifer Sullivan. [Wired News]   Sony, Nintendo Cut Prices - The videogame leaders both cut their system prices to US$129 to keep sales strong. Could it be they're also wary of Sega's soon-to-be-released Dreamcast? By Karsten Lemm. [Wired News]   Sounding the Sirens on Y2K - A Web survey reveals that few emergency agencies have responded to the alarming millennium bug. Declan McCullagh reports from Washington. [Wired News]   Sowbellies, Soybeans, IT Staff - In Australia and New Zealand, infotech employers can lock in contract-programmer costs by bidding on staff "futures." By Stewart Taggart. [Wired News]   Space Cowboy - With a US$4 billion deal last winter, Alden Richards established himself as the preeminent broker of satellite insurance. Now come the white-knuckle liftoffs. [Wired News]   Space Cowboy - With a US$4 billion deal last winter, Alden Richards established himself as the preeminent broker of satellite insurance. Now come the white-knuckle liftoffs. [Wired News]   Speed: The E-Commerce Mantra - The marketing hype about companies making technology that builds electronic retailers' sites is all about velocity. But customers don't seem to be racing to their doors. [Wired News]   SportsLine Contestants Exposed - If you've entered a contest at the CBS sports site, chances are your name, address, and phone number have been made available to the Web-surfing public. By Craig Bicknell. [Wired News]   SportsLine Teams with AOL - SportsLine renews its contract with AOL, but warns of a third-quarter revenue shortfall. Investors decide to punt, sending SportsLine shares down 50 percent. By Sean Donahue. [Wired News]     [ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 ] Help build the largest human-edited directory on the web.   Submit a Site - Open Directory Project - Become an Editor

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